The Five Best White Truffle Dishes in Miami

It's the time of year when white truffles, the jewels of Italy’s gastronomic crown, decorate plates at restaurants around the globe. They're one of the most expensive foods in the world — a pound can easily fetch up to $10,000 — so delighting your palate with truffles does not come cheap.

White truffles are extremely rare. Available for only a couple of months, they're foraged by pigs or dogs in northern Italy's Piedmont region, most famously in the countryside around the city of Alba.

The classic preparation is shaving the truffles over risotto or mashed potatoes, but many of Miami’s eateries have devised their own ways to use the delicacy. Here are the restaurants that are making the best use of this fashionable gourmet treat.

2. Quattro Gastronomia Italiana For its celebration of truffle season, the Lincoln Road eatery Quattro Gastronomia Italiana has created a special truffle menu available during lunch and dinner through December. The offerings include Alba white truffle shavings on langhe tagliolini in Italian butter sauce ($85), risotto with Piemontese toma cheese ($85), veal scaloppine in a truffle wine sauce ($95), and thinly sliced beef tenderloin with sautéed porcini mushrooms ($95).

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Gianni's at the Villa

3. Gianni’s at the Villa Going for a more classic preparation, Gianni's at the Villa offers a special risotto available only November 23 through 27. The lobster pumpkin white truffle risotto ($50) features roasted Florida pumpkin, Maine lobster, carnaroli rice, white truffle honey, and shaved white truffles.